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Re:ECMAScript for XML - Direct XML Syntax in ECMAScript by MaxBarraclough on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @05:19AM (#27366593)
I'm out of the loop on this one - does Odersky regret it because JSON has largely supplanted XML, or does he regret it because it's not the sort of problem that is best solved with a language feature?
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Re:ECMAScript for XML - Direct XML Syntax in ECMAScript by esarbe on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:30AM (#27369119)
Because it unnecessarily complicates the grammar and because there are better ways to accomplish the same thing.
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